2001 Paris Masters – Doubles
# 2001 Paris Masters – Doubles

Nicklas Kulti and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions but only Mirnyi competed that year with Sandon Stolle.

Mirnyi and Stolle lost in the quarterfinals to Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett.

Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach won in the final 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 against Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.

* Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer (quarterfinals)
* Jiří Novák / David Rikl (second round)
* Max Mirnyi / Sandon Stolle (quarterfinals)
* Joshua Eagle / Todd Woodbridge (quarterfinals)
* Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (final)
* Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett (semifinals)
* Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić (semifinals)
* Petr Pála / Pavel Vízner (second round)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach | 3 | 6 | 6 |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 1 | D Johnson J Palmer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| ALT | A Portas T Robredo | 3 | 3 | WC | A Clément N Escudé | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Clément N Escudé | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | D Johnson J Palmer | 6 | $6^4$ | 3 | | | | |
| WC | J Benneteau P-H Mathieu | 2 | 0 | | | | | | 7 | D Nestor N Zimonjić | 4 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | M Knowles B MacPhie | 6 | 6 | | M Knowles B MacPhie | $6^6$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 7 | D Nestor N Zimonjić | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | D Nestor N Zimonjić | $6^7$ | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | M Bhupathi L Paes | $7^9$ | 7 |
| | | | | 4 | J Eagle T Woodbridge | $6^2$ | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | H Arazi A Dupuis | | | | P Haarhuis S Schalken | $7^7$ | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Haarhuis S Schalken | w/o | | | | | | | 4 | J Eagle T Woodbridge | $7^7$ | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | D Adams L Arnold | 7 | 7 | | | | | | 5 | M Bhupathi L Paes | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Florent D Macpherson | 5 | 5 | | D Adams L Arnold | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 5 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 6 | W Black K Ullyett | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Boutter G Kuerten | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | WC | J Boutter G Kuerten | 2 | $7^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Bryan M Bryan | $6^5$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 6 | W Black K Ullyett | 6 | $6^1$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Hill J Tarango | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 3 | M Mirnyi S Stolle | 4 | $7^7$ | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | C Pioline F Santoro | 4 | 5 | | | M Hill J Tarango | 4 | $6^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | M Mirnyi S Stolle | 6 | $7^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | W Black K Ullyett | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | E Ferreira R Leach | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | 8 | P Pála P Vízner | 7 | $6^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Ferreira R Leach | 6 | 6 | | | E Ferreira R Leach | 5 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| ALT | G Cañas T Vanhoudt | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | E Ferreira R Leach | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | | | |
| WC | M Llodra N Mahut | 3 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | M García C Suk | 5 | $6^1$ | | | | | | |
| | M García C Suk | 6 | $7^7$ | | | M García C Suk | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | J Novák D Rikl | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
